Should You Turn Down That Literary Award?
It’s literary prize season! When the Sawiris Cultural Awards were announced at the start of 2023, novelist Shady Lewis Botros turned his novel award down, launching a storm of criticism, defense, and discussion. Is it bad manners or good politics to turn down a prize? How do different prizes affect the literary landscape? How is the 2023 prize season shaping up?
Show Notes:
Mada Masr published “A conversation with Shady Lewis Botros on the genealogy of literary refusal”
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction recently announced their 2023 longlist, with a historically high number of women…
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